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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Economic competition"”.
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Constrained Choice and Contingency: Military and Economic Competition as the Mechanism for Technological Determinism
… Other scholars, found especially in business, economics, military studies and macro-history, emphasize functional adaptation and 'deterministic' trends. These I label 'sociotechnical adaptationists.' A theory of sociotechnical evolution can unify the insights of these seemingly contradictory …
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Ant colony heuristics for the dynamic facility layout problem
As global economic competition and cooperation become more and more drastic, the enterprise's facility layout needs to be more flexible to adapt to the rapidly changing environment. Therefore, attention should be given to the dynamical nature of the facility layout. In other words, the flow of …
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The growth of the Japanese economy: challenges to American national security
… Americans who have voiced the fear that sharp economic competition from Japan is beginning to threaten the health of the US economy. There is a wide-spread perception that Japan is a "neo-mercantilist" nation which engages in predatory and unfair trade practices. Japan-bashers maintain that the …
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The effects of external controls on teachers' development of technology competencies in an economically disadvantaged district
… innovations has changed the dynamics of global economic competition. These changes have redefined the relationships between economy and education, which has redirected national and state interest toward the development of human capital within public schools to meet the demands of a new …
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Foundations for Policy Innovations: Exploring Local Policy Diffusion
… the state of Missouri. Missouri is politically, economically, and demographically similar to other states, therefore making it a sufficient case for this study. I find that different processes are involved in policy adoption, and that counties mainly react to one another through economic …
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Regulatory competition and the politics of environmental enforcement
Does interstate economic competition result in states weakening their environmental regulation? Scholars have long been interested in this question. Of particular concern, is whether this type of behavior leads to a "race to the bottom" in U.S. state environmental regulatory behavior. Although …
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Racial, not rational : economic threat, symbolic racism, and affirmative action
… positions rationally according to perceived economic threat, others have asserted that such policy attitudes are the function of one's level of symbolic racism, with little to no influence from economic considerations. Using data from the 2012 Cooperative Congressional Elections Study and …
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A Case Study of Automotive Technology Instructors' Experiences and Perceptions of Curriculum Change in the Louisiana Technical College
… to meet new technological demands, global economic competition, and societal issues. A consequence of mission change has been significant changes in the manner that instruction of technical education is conducted at these institutions. This case study explores automotive technology …
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A Data Analytics Framework for Regional Voltage Control
… and most complex engineered systems. Due to economic competition and deregulation, the power systems are operated closer their security limit. When the system is operating under a heavy loading condition, the unstable voltage condition may cause a cascading outage. The voltage fluctuations …
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Réactions du chef de PME après utilisation d'un système d'évaluation multi-source
In a context of intense economic competition, organizations are increasingly using instruments of performance evaluation. The multi-source feedback or 360 [degrees] is one of those. The literature seems still silent on what type of evaluation is really about the reaction it generates among …
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Contestation and collectivies: protecting labor organizing rights in the global economy.
… with these rights under the current period of economic globalization. This is because the foundational conditions of these norms--specific to the political, ethical and economic concerns of the post-war liberal order--have changed as increased economic competition, financial and trade flows …
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The Social Significance of Curse Tablets in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire
… sexual relationships, crime, legal trials and economic competition. The study of these enigmatic objects by archaeologists and ancient historians has been dominated by the evidence from the Graeco-Egyptian traditions of magic, as well as their value for linguistics and philology as evidence for …
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British attitudes towards the Soviet Union, 1951-1956
… East and West, but also a new interest in economic competition. By 1956 Whitehall had concluded that there were a number of factors informing the Soviet re-evaluation of foreign policy. Among which were: the stabilisation of the Western alliance culminating with West German rearmament in …
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Exploration of Soka Education Principles on Global Citizenship: a Qualitative Study of U.S. K-3 Soka Educators
… world continues to be wracked by environmental, economic, sociopolitical, and spiritual crises (Earth Council, 2002; Laszlo, 2009). Education for global citizenship holds the key to resolving these problems (Andrzejewski & Alessio, 1999; Ikeda, 2005). Unfortunately, U.S. K-12 education for global …
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Exploring pediatric immunization markets using operations research and game theory
… coverage rates. Of particular concern is the economic competition within the vaccine industry, the impact of government regulatory policies on the vaccine industry, and the attendant impact on the vaccine system's ability to ensure the adequate provision of vaccines. This dissertation applies …
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Liberalism and the problem of colonial rule : three-stages in Anglo-American thought
… the international system was determined by economic competition and the notion of 'civilization' was replaced by the ideal of economic development, predominantly through the forces of the international capitalist system. The aim of the following chapters is to highlight the dominant …
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New megachurch : coexistence of sacred and secular
… sincerity or as the result of Capitalism due to economic competition, it is most prevalent form of Protestant churches today. Specifically on my site near Flushing, NY, with high density of Korean immigrant settlements who mostly serve on ethnic commercial and service business, many of informal …
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Structures Strike Back: Their Significance for Our Models of Opinion Formation
… by engaging with the structural impact of socioeconomic development on elite directed opinion formation at the individual level in MENA countries. I use survey data collected by three waves of the Arab barometer between 2010 and 2016 to show that socioeconomic development reverses the …
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Passing the buck: federalism and Canadian environmental policy
… environmental implications of interprovincial economic competition typically look to the federal government to establish national standards. However, it is argued that many have underestimated the political obstacles to such a federal response.
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ETD: "We still have to unlearn. We are programmed, you know? analyzing black South African's violence against foreign black Africans Previous title: race and the "infernal circle" of dehumanization: an analysis of South Africa's negrophobia
… Black Africans - is often primarily connected to economic competition, which might silence any racial dynamics at play. Yet, given how western colonialism and White supremacy have shaped South Africa's trajectory, exploring the role that racial identities and racial relations play in Black South …
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